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hush Senior Member
since 2001-05-27
Posts 1653Ohio, USA |
I was having this discussion with my boyfriend and some of his friends the other day, and none of us could think of a satisfactory answer. To say someone does something every other week, you say bi-weekly. Every other month, bi-monthly. What about twice, three times a week? Twice a month? Is there a prefix for these? The closest we got was semi-annual, meaning more than once in a year. Just curious. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
actually, semiannual would be twice a year. i would think you could start going with the other prefixes: triweekly hexamonthly decannual |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Boy, are you going to be surprised. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bi-weekly |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
so if I eat food twice a day... say lunch and dinner, that would be semidaily... wonderful...  and then 4 times a day quld be quarterdaily?  and every other day becomes bi-daily  |
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Not A Poet Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885Oklahoma, USA |
Isn't English wonderful? Or is that wondrous? Pete |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Pete, Both. |
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